Relieving Principal: Meleesa Smith Phone: 02 6337 1205 Fax: 02 6337 1394 Email: eglinton-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Website: www.eglinton-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Term 4 Week 8 Date: 30th November 2017

“Our School...Your Children...Their Future”

Dear Parents and Carers,

Schools Spectacular – What an incredible event. Well done to our students who represented the school so proudly. A big thank you to Cheryl Owens and Molly Cresswell for their co-ordination, Kathy French and Beth Jeffries for accompanying the excursion and all the parents for their support. Scripture - On Wednesday our final Combined Scripture Service was held. A huge thank you to Melissa Clare and Lesley Macready for their co-ordination of scripture classes across the school and to all of our scripture volunteers for their time and dedication to Eglinton Public throughout this year.

Congratulations to our new school Captains for

2018 Beth Anderson and Asher Grabham and

our vice-captains Imogen Lowe and Rupert

Begg.

Casual Dress tomorrow – to celebrate the first

day of summer and to support the Country Fair

Committee by bringing sugar, or a bottle of soft

drink or a bottle for the bottle stall. Please

remember a broad brimmed hat, covered

shoulders and enclosed shoes for safety

reasons.

Meleesa Smith Relieving Principal

Week 8 Thursday 30th November Year 6 Public Speaking Final 10:30am Friday 1st December Free Dress Day Assembly: Junior 12:30pm, Senior 1:30pm Week 9 Monday 4th December School Concert Rehearsal at BMEC Tuesday 5th December School Concert - Matinee & Night Performance BMEC Wednesday 6th December Year 6 Orientation to Year 7 Bathurst & Kelso High Thursday 7th December Mini Fete Friday 8th December Reports sent home Last Assembly: Junior 12:30pm, Senior 1:30pm Week 10 Monday 11th December Presentation Day at Bathurst High Country Fair Meeting 7:00pm Tuesday 12th December Year 6 Farewell Dinner P&C Meeting 7:00pm Friday 15th December Last day of Term P&C Night Out (save the date) 2018 Term 1 Week 1 Monday 29th January Staff Development Day Tuesday 30th January School Returns (Years 1 to 6) Kindergarten Best Start Wednesday 31st January Kindergarten Best Start Thursday 1st February Kindergarten Best Start Friday 2nd February Kindergarten 1st Day of School

Confidence

Confidence is being certain and feeling assurance. Self-confidence means

you trust yourself.

Congratulations to the following students who received awards at last week’s assembly:

Gold Awards Charlotte McCurley, Cooper Thurtell, Chilali Baggins-Cupitt, Fletcher Ryan, Fergus Taylor, Swathi Somasekhar, Annabel Rennie, Mae Browning.

Yellow Awards Claire Taylor, Brett Weston, Finn Latham, Tyesha-Lea Jennings, Ziggy Montague-Weston, Ella Sharpham, Jack Birdsall, Sophia Hastie, Maleah Hall, Mitchell Riini, Jackson Sufong, Patrick Latham, Oisin McNamara, Darcy Smyth, Holly Hockley-Cheetham, Macy Earsman, Evita Wakefield, Charlie Coopes, Paige Lowe, Byron Jeffree, Koby Hardwick, Charli Knight, Amelia Willott, Hunter Bolt Arabella Goodlet, Riley Hearne, Tyson Harris, Eliza McGrath, Hannah Young, Wilme Maree, Jasmine Sargeant, Jacob Baillie.

Principal Awards Bailey Aylott, Grace Wright, Harry Fullerton.

Virtue Awards - Cleanliness Savannah Frost, Jayden Hastings, Koby Hardwick, Arabella Goodlet, Summer Beckmann, Samantha Hamilton, Imogen Lowe, Ethan Haley.

Don’t forget next Monday the 4th of December there will be no lunch orders due to the Concert Dress Rehearsal but the Canteen will be open for Recess. On Tuesday the 5th of December the Canteen will be closed due to the School Concert.

Thank you. Amanda Lewis 0429 951 665

Sophie Bennett

NAME DATE

Kerrie & Help Friday 01/12/2017

Recess Only Monday 04/12/2017

Closed Tuesday 05/12/2017

Michelle & Christine Wednesday 06/12/2017

Vicki & Jordan Thursday 07/12/2017

Help Needed Friday 08/12/2017

Lunch

Order

EPS Band 2018

Reminder To all new and returning Band

Members please complete the

Band Registration Form (available from the EPS

office) and return it to the EPS office.

If you are applying to hire an instrument there is

also an Instrument Hire Form to be completed.

For more info email eglintonbandcommittee@gmail.com

2018 Celebrating 150 years of E.P.S.

Okay everyone, it’s that time of year again….

We are getting ready for the Eglinton Country Fair 2018!

To help celebrate 150 years of Eglinton Public School we want to make next year’s Country Fair the best one yet. Our goal this year is to raise $5000 from businesses associated with our wonderful school.

Special thanks to our first sponsors. Next week we have more new sponsors to announce and the amazing raffle prizes!

If your business would like to join the party and bump up the SPONSOR THERMOMETER please complete these details and return to the EPS Office or email a copy/pic of the completed form through to eglintoncountryfair@gmail.com

Registration of Sponsorship Business Name:……………………………………….. Contact Name:…………………………………………. Mobile:………………………………………………….. Email:…………………………………………………….

Platinum Sponsor Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsor Bronze Sponsor $1000 $500 $250 $100

Payment via cheque [please make payable to Eglinton Country Fair] or EFT [BSB: 062504 Account number: 10636572]. An invoice will be issued for any monetary sponsorship.

ADVANCED HEARING

OXYGEN RECRUITMENT & HR

MARPLE CONSTRUCTION

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS ADVERT

WANTED: A family to run the Country Fair Astroblaster Stall. Must be fun-loving and own hats!!! An arty, graphic designer-type able to develop posters, FB posts and perhaps even newsletters! Must love kids art and have a sense of humour. NO EXPERIENCE OR QUALIFICATIONS

NECESSARY.

Email eglintoncountryfair@gmail.com or contact Emma on 0409 288554.

Upcoming Dates

Canteen, Country Fair & Band Meeting

Monday the 11th of December, 6pm for Canteen, 7pm for Band and Country Fair at the Thai Terrace.

P&C General Meeting

Tuesday the 12th of December, 7pm EPS Staffroom.

EPS P&C Association News & Updates